The only way governments are able to satisfy these wants is to reach into our pockets for the money. To this end they either raise taxes for all or create new ‘voluntary’ taxes selectively targeting certain segments of society. To still the angry voices, they invariably point out that these taxes are for the benefit of all and especially for the benefit of children.

Back in the day, every time a new tax was introduced, the joke was that the government would next find a way to tax breathing. That tax is scheduled to come into effect next January. So it’s no wonder that other, less effective but more palatable taxes must now be created?

Receiving government money is expensive. Maybe we should off-load some of the questionable government largess to charities, foundations, and to commercial sponsors. Taxes should be reserved for core services.

Carbon tax, sugar tax, old age tax,to fund CPP. I don’t need the Politicians to tell me how to spend and save my money for their hairbrained ideas. To suggest that young people will have to save more now for retirement by Politicians that collect huge pensions unfunded by themselves and spend billions over a budget they apparently approved without andy idea where the money will come or went is the last person to advise me or the future taxpayer how to manage $$$….. Tax into general revuenue seldom gets to its designed purpose. Where to these career politicans come from? How to we pick and choose ? I think I must have had both eyes closed and deaf ears.

Let’s tax the thing that got us in this mess in the first place … stupid ideas … you come up with a moronic idea … TAXED! It would reap untold richnes and completely voluntary and a renewable resource. Think of it as the original green tax! We can start by taxing the trillions held by groups who claim invisible people in the sky grant wishes and move on from there …

Something has to be done to protect simple minded people from the advertising gurus. Instead of taxes how about ban advertising of sugary products. Or just ban the products (comparing a small geographic county like Denmark to Canada does not equate).